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SharlynneI'm wanting to know which families owned this property before it was burned (?) down. My understanding is that the first owner was Roger Corbet. Thanx!
Philip DavisI do believe this castle is still owned by descendents of the Corbet family, who's graves abound in the church next to the delightful ruins. However, the castle is now cared for by English Heritage and can be freely visited. The Corbets gained the castle by marriage to the Torets (occassional spelt Turrets) about 1239. The Torets being the original builders of the castle, which was originally know as Moreton Toret. I don't have all the resources at my fingertips but I think the builder of the castle may have been Bartholomew Fitz Toret who's heiress married Sir Richard Corbet, possible much at the same time as the castle was first built at around 1200.
The medieval castle and it's fine attached Elizabethian Wing was indeed burnt down in March 1645 after being captured by Parliamentarian Forces in 1644.

Sources - The castles and moated mansions of Shropshire by Mike Salter & Castles of Shropshire by Micheal Jackson

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SharlynneWow - that was so prompt! Thanx for the info Philip, much appreciated!
Philip Davis'appen that al' right.

I should say that I vaguely recall, from the English Heritage notice boards at the castle, that the site may date from before the dates above but I'm fairly sure it was a Toret what done it.

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castles99Hi Philip and Sharlynne,
Moreton Corbet is first mentioned in Domesday of 1086 when 2 lords, Hunning and Wulfgeat, were living there, possibly in the first castle. The manor then passed to the Verleys who subinfeudated Toret. His great grandson, Bartholomew Toret, left an heiress who married Richard Corbet who thereby inherited the castle in 1235. The castle remained in Corbet hands til shortly after the civil war when it was sold to cover war costs. The casle remained occupied until c.1730 when it fell into ruins and was then repurchased by the Corbets. It was not burned in the civil war as is often stated. My new book on the fortress is just becoming available for all the details and the several medieval building phases of the castle.
Best wishes,

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Paul Martin Remfry

AJRGood to see you here Paul. I've already got a couple of your books, and I am very impressed with the detail. Thanks.

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